Wire-splicer.



M. W. FRY.

' WIRE SPLIGER.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 24, 1908. I

985,023. Patented Feb.21, 1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARION W. FRYJOF NEAR PLAIN CITY, OHIO.

wmE-sPLIcER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 21, 1911; Application filed July 24, 1908. Serial No. 445,234.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARION W. FRY, a citizen of the United States, residing near Plain City, in the county of Union and State of Ohio, have invented new and use ful Improvements in Wire-Splicers, of which.

the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wire twisting machines and particularly to machines of this character for the repair of wire fences.

The object of the invention is the provision of a simple, cheap and efficient machine of this character which is provided with means for feeding the ends of the wire to be twisted.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following detailed specification is read in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which v Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in sec-' tion. Fig. 2 is a detail elevation of one of the twisting wheels, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through one of said wheels and the shaft upon which it rotates.

Referring more especially to the drawings, the frame consists of a tubular upright- 1 having integral diagonally extending arms 2 with mounting sleeves 3 on their ends. In the upright tube 1 is journaled the operating shaft 8 upon the lower end of which is secured the bevel ear 4. This bevel gear meshes with suitabI controlled thereby to feed the ends ofthe wires 16 and '17 so that proper twisting 1s obtained. As the twisting arms rotate with the gears 5 and carry the collar around the stationary shaft 6 it will be seen that the collars and arms are fed in opposite directions, the ends 16 and 17 of the wires 14 and 15 will thus be properly wrapped around in helical folds. I

e twisting gears 5 which i are journaled upon transverse shafts 6 se-' The shafts 6 and gears 5 all have communicating slots through which the wires pass in order to be centrally located in the machine. A handle 18 is provided to revolve the shaft 8 and thus the respective gears connected therewith, and a suitable pin 13 projects from the lower end of the shaft 8 so as to enter between the wires 14 and 15 to prevent them from turning during the twisting operation.

From the foregoing, it is thought that further description will be unnecessary. It is to be understood that the showing made herein is only illustrative and I contemplate other ways of accomplishing this result and consider all such modifications within the purview of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is

1. In a wire twisting machine, the combination with a frame, of an operating shaft journaled therein, oppositely rotated twister gears controlled by said shaft, means slidably mounted in said gears adapted to receive the wire to be twisted, stationary shafts for supporting said twister gears, and collars. threaded on said shafts and connected to the wire receiving means for feeding said wire receiving means in opposite directions during the rotation of said twister gears.

2. In a wire twisting machine, the cornbination with a frame, of a pair of hollow threaded shafts secured therein and having slots, a rotated gear journaled in said frame, slotted pinions journaled on said shafts and operated in opposite directions by said gear, means adapted to engagethe wire to be twisted, said means passing through the pinions' and engaging the threaded shafts and adapted" to be operated by said shafts to feed the ends of the wire in the rotation of said pinions, and means to prevent the wire from turning during the twisting operation.

In testimon whereof I aflix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses M RIoit WQFRY.

'Witnesses; l i

J. E. 3mm,- LAURA B. Far. 

